Travel Tales
Photos from a Polar Bear Travel Season
If, like me, you like to travel, there’s probably one particular place away from home that just seems to stick in your heart and head—the one spot where your wanderlust was first awakened.
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Nature & Wildlife
WWF Report: 52 Percent of the World’s Biodiversity Is Gone
When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its Living Planet Report 2014 on September 30, it wasn’t the usual doom-and-gloom environmental news story that is forgotten the next day.
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Nature & Wildlife
As Climate Change Threatens Their Survival, Polar Bears Discover New Food Source
The arctic sea ice is melting earlier than ever before because of global climate change. Polar bears now have less time to hunt for seals, threatening their survival.
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Videos
Video: Wildlife Corridors from Around the World
Food, water, shelter and the freedom to travel—these are the fundamental needs of wildlife. In fact, according to the National Wildlife Federation, for many species that last-listed essential could mean the difference between survival and extinction. Our open spaces, however, are increasingly being chopped up and fragmented.
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Nature & Wildlife
Half Earth: Could Setting Aside 50 Percent of the World for Wildlife Really Work?
Although experts have been warning of an imminent sixth mass extinction for almost four years, to date most conservation appeals for battling the crisis have been, at best, attempts to stem the tide. None have claimed to be permanent and sustainable solutions—until now.
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News & More
Orcas Feed on Beluga Whales near Churchill
While orcas were once a rare occurrence in Churchill, sightings have been steadily increasing in recent years. And just last week, one was spotted hunting the normal resident marine mammals – beluga whales.
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Travel Tales
Photographs from an Antarctica Expedition
I have a fixation with ice and the world’s cold places. I think it’s mostly because I’m convinced that winter is an endangered “species.” That’s why the poles have always called to me.
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Conservation
Smokey Bear: Overachiever or Climate Change Clairvoyant?
Smokey Bear turned 70 years old this past Saturday, August 9, 2014.
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News & More
Are We Now Losing Our Most Iconic Buildings Due to Climate Change?
“Extinction tourism” is a familiar term when it comes to wildlife and natural habitats: it’s described as a desire to see the animals and landscapes that are just managing to hang on before they’re gone.
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Videos
Video: Climate Change and a Changed Congressman
When you read about all of the climate change deniers now serving in the United States Congress, it’s easy to become skeptical that our nation will ever be able to commit to combating the destructive effects our rapidly warming planet is having on the world.
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Videos
Video of the Week: Arctic Footage Filmed by a Polar Bear!
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a clip of the first video shot from the neck of a polar bear on Arctic sea ice. In April, scientists led by research biologist Anthony Pagano placed cameras on four females roaming Beaufort Sea ice north of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay.
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Nature & Wildlife
Wildebeests No Longer Hold the Record for Longest Terrestrial Migration: Zebras Take Over the Title
Africa’s Great Migration has long been a symbol of the continent’s abundant wildlife. The Serengeti Plains fill with millions of wildebeests and other animals, all traveling from the Ngorongoro region in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of food and water as the seasons change.